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00:04C'est parti !
00:30Only she dared give me that flower.
00:31Last night, I'd asked her for a fake marriage.
00:33Three years was enough to build something for myself.
00:36After that, she could love whoever she wanted.
00:38She'd said yes.
00:39Now she smiled and walked toward me.
00:45I let out my hand.
00:47Then she pressed her orchid into Tyler's hands instead.
00:52I stood frozen.
00:54Let Tyler have his moment.
00:55He's never had one.
00:57Don't worry, no one's arranging anything for you while I'm around.
01:00I watched Tyler take her arm.
01:02They looked like a couple.
01:04I stood alone.
01:05She came back with champagne, laughing.
01:08These people, honestly.
01:09I told them to save you at least one flower.
01:12I looked at the girl I'd grown up beside.
01:14Do you understand what this gala actually is?
01:16She didn't answer.
01:17Charlotte was the only one who would have chosen me.
01:20She chose someone else.
01:22The room kept moving.
01:23I felt very still.
01:24It was over.
01:25Charlotte's expression shifted.
01:27A faint flicker of guilt crossing her face.
01:29She waved Tyler off.
01:31Look, you're used to these events.
01:33But Tyler's never had anything like this.
01:35I just wanted to give him one good night.
01:37Consider it a favor from me.
01:38You're not really upset, are you?
01:40It's one night.
01:41I said nothing.
01:42It's his graduation.
01:43After tonight, I can't sponsor him anymore.
01:45I promised him one memory worth keeping.
01:47Ethan, I'm sorry if I got in the way.
01:48Don't be angry at Charlotte.
01:49I begged her to-
01:50Charlotte caught Tyler's awkward expression and her eyes cooled slightly.
01:52Ethan, it's one flower.
01:54I'll give you another one.
01:56You're more of a rose anyway.
01:58Getting worked up over one orclet isn't like you.
01:59I supposed that tract.
02:01An orchid meant purity.
02:02It symbolized the acceptance of a family.
02:05A rose.
02:05Passionate.
02:06Showy.
02:07Like a clandestine lover.
02:09The laughter around me grew louder.
02:12A bastard son who follows Charlotte around like a lapdog.
02:17And he thought he'd actually marry into the Chase family.
02:20And that was the Sussis family.
02:22Even the scholarship kid outranks him.
02:24Charlotte silenced them with a glare.
02:26But it was already enough to humiliate me.
02:29Ethan, I'm sorry.
02:31You were born into wealth.
02:32While I just wanted a memorable night.
02:34Born into wealth?
02:35I'm a bastard son.
02:37Do you have any idea how this family actually treats me?
02:40Tyler froze.
02:41Startled by me.
02:44My bad.
02:45But I was the only one who caught the cunning flash in his eyes.
02:50It's already done.
02:51I'll take you to get changed.
02:52And Ethan, you can head home if you want.
02:54Home.
02:55Where exactly was that supposed to be?
02:58Then they left.
02:59Vanessa Lee appeared almost instantly.
03:01You smell amazing, Mr. Holt.
03:04Charlotte told me to give you an orchid.
03:07I didn't.
03:08I told you stop chasing her and try me instead.
03:11But you never listened.
03:13How's it feel now?
03:15Embarrassing, right?
03:16Charlotte knew.
03:16This woman despised me.
03:18I just needed three years.
03:20I just needed three years.
03:21I needed enough leverage to break free from my family's control.
03:24But my stepmother couldn't stand the sight of me.
03:26She was already rushing to throw me out.
03:31Ethan Holt.
03:33If you weren't so pretty, you'd be nothing.
03:35You really think the Chase family is going to protect you forever?
03:40Vanessa, don't touch what's mine.
03:42I thought you picked the scholarship kid.
03:44Why are you still keeping Ethan around?
03:45My business, not yours.
03:49Why didn't you do anything?
03:51I felt nothing but deep, tired disappointment.
03:54Wasn't this what you arranged?
03:56I can look out for you and still talk to other people, Ethan.
03:58I'm not required to stand next to you all night.
04:00But you know what tonight's gala means.
04:02Can we get some drinks?
04:02Is that okay?
04:03Sure, tonight's yours.
04:04Whatever you want.
04:05Whatever it is, we'll talk tomorrow.
04:07I'll come find you.
04:08I almost laughed out loud.
04:09Tomorrow, you'll have to find me in New York.
04:12The shyness he wore earlier was gone, replaced by something colder.
04:17You have everything, Mr. Holt.
04:19Do you really need to take this too?
04:20I should never have helped Charlotte choose him for that scholarship.
04:24You grew up with everything you could want.
04:28All I wanted was one night under Charlotte's protection.
04:33I let out a quiet sneer.
04:34You think I had it better than you?
04:36My mother died young.
04:39I was brought back to the Holt house, just a child.
04:42My stepmother looked at me like I shouldn't exist from the very first day.
04:46My father had too many wives, too many children to care about one more.
04:50I learned early how to read a room, how to make myself useful.
04:54I found Aunt Diana in the margins.
04:56I convinced her to train me, to back me.
04:58I stood in front of her, forcing my hands to stay still.
05:01My father has over 20 children.
05:03Why would I believe a bastard son can beat all of them?
05:06Because I have no weakness.
05:09And I'm willing to fight dirty.
05:11But my time hadn't come yet.
05:14Diana wouldn't move for me, not now.
05:16Everyone said my fiancé from the Quinn family was a deadly, poisonous flower.
05:20My family wanted the alliance, but not the cost.
05:23They wouldn't sacrifice a true heir, so they offered me.
05:27Diana had already heard how the gala ended.
05:29A message arrived.
05:30Figure it out yourself.
05:31I needed a solution.
05:35Well, can you get the orchid back from Tyler?
05:37Just for one night.
05:38I'll return it in the morning.
05:39Charlotte Blink clearly caught off guard.
05:41That's a bit awkward, isn't it?
05:42I already gave it.
05:43Stop trying to take things from Tyler.
05:45The orchid had a gold-trimmed edge, custom-made.
05:48There was no replacing it.
05:50The restraint I'd held all night finally snapped.
05:53Charlotte, you promised.
05:54Why did you have to humiliate me tonight of all nights?
05:57Ethan, no one in this city will touch you.
06:00The only person who could ever want you is me.
06:03Everyone knows you're my little shadow.
06:05Her little shadow.
06:06Her lapdog.
06:07I had played that role for years, just to survive.
06:10But hearing her say it so casually, like it meant nothing,
06:13it hit harder than I expected.
06:15Don't be angry at Charlotte, Ethan.
06:16Ethan, one night.
06:17Stop being difficult.
06:18Tomorrow he goes back to his normal life.
06:19I gave Charlotte a long, lingering look,
06:22then turned and walked out of the gala.
06:24Aunt Diana's car was already waiting outside.
06:27You lost.
06:28Tomorrow you go to New York.
06:29What happens after that is your problem.
06:31I'll come back.
06:31We'll see.
06:32We've supported you for 18 years.
06:34It's time you gave something back.
06:35You leave tomorrow.
06:36There was nothing in this house that belonged to me.
06:39Not even a plane ticket.
06:40I'd have to buy my own.
06:42Diana said nothing and went to her room.
06:43I went to mine, the smallest one, and started packing.
06:47Mom told me to watch you.
06:48You're not taking anything valuable.
06:49The suit stays.
06:50So does everything else.
06:51Oh, mom also says the woman in New York
06:53apparently has someone she's been carrying a tort for.
06:55Good luck.
06:57By the time I was standing there in just a t-shirt and sweats,
07:00she'd gotten bored and left.
07:02I was up before dawn.
07:04No goodbyes.
07:05Check-in, security, boarding.
07:07All smooth.
07:09Tyler had posted on Instagram.
07:11The wrist in the photo had my watch on it.
07:13Thank you for the most beautiful night of my life.
07:15I smiled bitterly to myself.
07:17It was all over.
07:18Maybe I should post a picture too.
07:20I posted on Instagram and attached a photo.
07:22Goodbye to this city.
07:24Then I powered off my phone and cut every thread back to the city.
07:27But just one minute later, the PA crackled.
07:30Ladies and gentlemen, we sincerely apologize.
07:31The Chase family has bought all outgown flights to New York today for someone.
07:34All passengers, please return to the game.
07:36My mind hadn't caught up yet.
07:38The plane hadn't even come to a full stop
07:40before my phone flooded back to life.
07:42Calls, messages, a payment notification all at once.
07:46The PA crackled again.
07:47We apologize for the disruption to your journey.
07:50As a gesture of goodwill,
07:51the Chase family will be reimbursing all passengers
07:54ten times the value of their tickets.
07:56Who do you think they're looking for?
07:57Grounding every flight?
07:59It's like something out of a drama.
08:02Charlotte had shown up at my house first thing that morning.
08:04When she found I wasn't there,
08:05she'd gone straight to my room.
08:07Everything was still there.
08:08The suit, the watch, the cufflinks.
08:10Only my backpack was gone.
08:12That was when she panicked.
08:13She'd woken up the whole household, demanded answers.
08:16Someone finally told her I'd gone to New York.
08:20She'd called me immediately and must have seen the picture too.
08:23By then, I was already on the plane.
08:25Just never expected her to ground every flight to New York.
08:30Go back or keep going?
08:32It was still early.
08:33I was starving.
08:34I'd eat first and decide after.
08:36A message from Aunt Diana arrived as I sat down.
08:39Do you want to come back?
08:40The Chase family is still interested.
08:41The whole house was full of calculation.
08:44Charlotte indulged me, yes,
08:46but she'd never embarrass herself for me.
08:48Going back meant walking straight into more of the same.
08:51There was no guarantee things would be better ahead.
08:57Anyone reasonably good-looking got stopped and questioned.
09:08My phone kept buzzing against the table.
09:10She nearly tripped when no one answered.
09:12Her men reported back empty-handed.
09:15I'd never seen Charlotte like this.
09:16Keep looking.
09:17Not a single flight leaves for New York.
09:19I don't care how long it takes.
09:21Then I went back to my food and waited for boarding.
09:24At the table behind me,
09:25two guys were having a full conversation about it.
09:28Imagine someone chasing you like this.
09:30I'd say yes on the spot.
09:31You don't get it.
09:32She gave her orchid to a scholarship kid last night.
09:34Not her little lover, a rich boy.
09:36The orchid was a courtship signal.
09:38Wait, she passed over a rich and for a scholarship student?
09:40So today she's regretting it?
09:42I said nothing.
09:42I took a slow sip of my coffee, thinking,
09:45I can't even eat a meal without hearing gossip about myself.
09:49How do you even know that?
09:50Because I was at the gala last night.
09:52Hearing those words, I tensed up.
09:54Someone who'd been there.
09:55I glanced back.
09:56Didn't recognize either of them.
09:58No way!
09:59My family has connections in those circles.
10:01Getting an invitation isn't unusual for me.
10:03Okay, but what did the heir actually look like?
10:06Genuinely good looking.
10:07Then what was she thinking?
10:08Giving the flower to an outsider.
10:10Because he's a bastard son.
10:12Can't compare to those of us with actual bloodlines.
10:14But the guy raised his voice, more confident.
10:17Charlotte might come around
10:18and realize someone like me is the better option.
10:20I'm the future head of my family, after all.
10:23I had no interest in listening to any more of that.
10:28What?
10:29You know him?
10:30The second guy got a clear look at my face and blurted.
10:33You're gorgeous!
10:34Aren't you...
10:35He glanced at Charlotte's men still sweeping the terminal,
10:38fumbling over his words.
10:39Is she looking for you?
10:40How are you just sitting here eating?
10:44I was halfway down the corridor
10:46when one of them finally screamed behind me.
10:48You didn't tell me he looked like that!
10:50You have absolutely zero chance now!
10:54The Chase family had brought out routes to other cities too.
10:57I stood there, phone in hand,
10:59genuinely not sure whether to laugh or cry.
11:02Then my phone rang.
11:02A New York number.
11:04Hello?
11:05Quinn.
11:06The name of the woman I was supposed to marry.
11:08Her voice was cool and clean
11:09and somehow immediately likable.
11:11I'm sorry, I...
11:12My people are already at the airport.
11:14They'll bring you over.
11:15I was about to explain about the flights.
11:22Understood.
11:23I hung up and walked straight toward the jet.
11:25It had started to drizzle.
11:27An umbrella appeared over my head
11:28the moment I stepped outside.
11:30We're here for you, sir.
11:31That was when Charlotte spotted me.
11:35Ethan, come with me.
11:38Two sides, facing off in the rain.
11:41The man leading Quinn's team
11:42was clearly a senior butler.
11:44Sharp suit, composed face,
11:46a kind of stillness that comes from decades in service.
11:49He smiled, but there was nothing readable behind it.
11:51Miss Chase, I'm here to escort him home.
11:54If you'd kindly step aside.
11:56Charlotte's eyes went hard.
11:59He hasn't left the city yet.
12:00Nobody's taking him anywhere.
12:02She looked past the butler, straight at me.
12:04Your family was forcing you into this.
12:06Why didn't you tell me?
12:08I tried.
12:09Several times, her attention had always been on Tyler.
12:12Charlotte, you've looked out for me for years.
12:14I'm grateful.
12:16None of this is your fault.
12:19If it's not my fault,
12:21then come back with me.
12:22I'll talk to your family.
12:24I'll marry you.
12:24The rain was coming down now.
12:26Charlotte's hair was loose around her face.
12:28The butler stepped smoothly in front of me.
12:31The time we agreed on with the Holt family has passed.
12:34He leaves with us today.
12:37Charlotte didn't look at the butler.
12:39She looked only at me.
12:41I shook my head.
12:43Charlotte, all I ever asked for was three years.
12:45I told you-
12:45Stop being stubborn.
12:46Just come back and we'll talk, okay?
12:47I was grateful, genuinely.
12:50But the moment she let go of my hand
12:52and gave that orchid to Tyler, the road split.
12:55Your husband is Tyler.
12:56The whole city knows it now.
12:58Be good to each other.
13:00I'm not marrying a scholarship, kid.
13:02Are you serious?
13:04Something in me went flat.
13:05Charlotte had always been like this.
13:07Fond of me, yes, but never quite respectful.
13:10Too much affection, not enough regard.
13:12I'd noticed it for years.
13:14I'd let it go for years.
13:15I turned and walked toward the jet without answering.
13:18Ethan, think about what you're doing.
13:20There's no one to protect you out there.
13:23You're really not going to marry me?
13:26Walk away now and don't come back crying about it.
13:30I didn't answer.
13:32Got on the plane.
13:33The butler had thought ahead.
13:35A change of clothes was waiting.
13:37He gestured quietly toward the washroom at the back.
13:39You should dry off.
13:41Getting cold in wet clothes isn't good.
13:43The jet was something else entirely.
13:45Clearly not a rental.
13:46This was Quinn family property.
13:48Even my family didn't own a private jet.
13:50My father occasionally chartered one, at most.
13:53The jet had a full bathroom and a proper bed.
13:56But too practical, too plain.
13:58Not what I'd have expected from someone like Quinn.
14:00I changed in the washroom.
14:02The clothes fit exactly.
14:04When I came out, the butler quietly moved the other staff to the back of the cabin.
14:08Is this Miss Quinn's usual plain?
14:10He read the confusion on my face.
14:11Miss Quinn had it built for you.
14:13Everything inside was arranged to your preferences.
14:15She chose the bedding herself, the most comfortable materials available.
14:19I nearly lost my footing.
14:20Something this extravagant.
14:22Handed to a stranger without hesitation.
14:24Wasn't she supposed to have someone she was already in love with?
14:27It's a long flight.
14:28You should rest.
14:29New York is dry this time of year.
14:31We've set up a humiditator for you.
14:33No one had ever thought about what I needed before.
14:36I'd spent my whole life reading other people's moods, never having my own accounted for.
14:41The sudden consideration made me restless in a way I couldn't explain.
14:46The butler, to his credit, noticed and quietly excused himself.
14:50I took out a notebook and sketched aimlessly, my mind full of nothing but unease about what came next.
14:56The plane landed on a stretch of a creek, an estate belonging to the Quinn family.
15:02I'd grown up in a wealthy family.
15:03This was another level entirely.
15:06Quinn came out to meet me herself.
15:08Warm smile.
15:09Nothing like the cold, ruthless person I'd been told about.
15:13Miss Quinn, I know you have someone you're in love with.
15:17Marrying me wasn't your choice.
15:19I only need three years.
15:21I won't keep you from whoever that is for long.
15:23She frowned slightly.
15:25Someone I'm in love with?
15:27Three years?
15:28Three years as your husband.
15:30I boo and interfere in your personal sleight.
15:32That hope.
15:33We separate clean.
15:34Why take any from you?
15:36We can't find it triven, drage ridden.
15:38Her frown deepened.
15:39She glanced toward the butler, a pointed look that got no response.
15:43Then she stepped closer.
15:45Close enough that there was almost no space between us.
15:48My face went completely red.
15:50Who said anything about that?
15:52She watched my reaction with what appeared to be quiet satisfaction.
15:56She tilted my chin up slightly.
16:00Everything I have is yours.
16:02I still hadn't recovered by the time we were inside.
16:06Ruthless and cold, they'd said.
16:08I looked around the house.
16:10Sharp lines, minimal furniture, efficient and clean.
16:14I sat on the sofa and slid a piece of paper across the table.
16:18This is my plan.
16:20I'd like to borrow some money.
16:22I'll pay it back in installments.
16:24She glanced over it.
16:25You need money?
16:25It was embarrassing.
16:27The son of a casino mogul, arriving with a backpack and no gift worth mentioning.
16:32I'd looked them up before landing.
16:33The Quinn family didn't need alliances.
16:36They didn't need anything from anyone.
16:37People lined up to get close to them.
16:39I still didn't understand why they'd agreed to this arrangement with the Holtz.
16:43Yes, I don't have any.
16:46But I'll find a way to repay you.
16:48She didn't question it.
16:51She took my cold hand in both of hers.
16:53My face went red again.
16:55A mood visibly improved.
16:57What do you need it for?
16:59Miss Quinn, I refuse to spend my life shackled to the Holtz family.
17:03And I refuse to spend it as a househouse asking for pocket money.
17:06I want to build something of my own.
17:08And if I can manage it, I want to take back what's rightfully mine from the Holtz.
17:13She hadn't expected that.
17:15She reached over and ruffled my hair.
17:17Don't worry.
17:18Everything in this family is yours.
17:24Use this.
17:25No limit.
17:26I still couldn't read what was behind her eyes.
17:28The room she'd prepared for me was the best on the estate.
17:31Full sunlight.
17:32Clean lines.
17:33Airy.
17:33For someone who'd spent years in the smallest room of a house where he'd never belonged,
17:37it was almost too much to take in.
17:39I slept well for the first time in years.
17:44The next morning, a message from Diana arrived first.
17:50Charlotte is furious.
17:51Why didn't you come back?
17:53I'm a person, Diana, not a pet you can whistle for.
17:55I assumed you'd already started thinking of yourself as a weapon.
17:58Three years.
17:59I borrowed one million dollars from the Quinn family.
18:02That was all.
18:03I played the role of Quinn's husband at every function.
18:06Received, respected, flattered.
18:08A decorative presence in the room.
18:10Quinn treated me with more dignity than anyone ever had.
18:13And I didn't let myself forget my purpose.
18:15With that one million, I worked the connections.
18:18I pressured them from outside and hollowed them from within.
18:20Pulling talent.
18:21Cutting leverage.
18:22Making my father see his legitimate children were useless.
18:25The secondary wives' children, frightened about their own inheritances,
18:29started selling off shares.
18:30I bought every one.
18:32I became a major shareholder without anyone noticing, then the largest.
18:36By the time my father had a strong quarter and was feeling generous,
18:40I was already the one holding the keys.
18:42It was ten at night when I finally got home.
18:44Quinn was already there, sitting in the living room, under warm light, waiting.
18:48I crossed the room without thinking.
18:50I hugged her tightly.
18:52I held on longer than I should have.
18:54And when I finally let go, I forced myself to pull back together.
18:58You're home so late.
19:00Are you tired?
19:01I made soup.
19:02Whatever I had planned to say just disappeared.
19:07She stayed there, watching, until I finished every last spoonful.
19:11When are you going to start trusting me?
19:13You don't have to carry all of this alone.
19:15I looked at her in that warm light and felt something I couldn't quite name.
19:20The three years are up.
19:22I should go back to where I started, shouldn't I?
19:24She didn't look surprised.
19:25Diana's been good to you in her way.
19:27And Charlotte?
19:27I heard she came to New York looking for you a few times.
19:29You never saw her.
19:30I stayed quiet for a moment.
19:32She knew all of this and never said a word.
19:35Diana used me.
19:36That was always a transaction.
19:37Charlotte stopped being someone I could walk with the day I left the city.
19:40Then why go back?
19:41I have enough now to take back what's mine.
19:43I'll repay you ten times what I borrowed.
19:46Three years in this house, and I found something I'd never had before.
19:50I had been drifting toward her for a long time.
19:54But there was still one thing.
19:55I never found the person who once saved me.
19:59Quinn, I've always known you had someone.
20:01I have one too.
20:04So the reason you kept your guard up all this time was because of this person I supposedly have?
20:08What did that mean?
20:09Was there more to this?
20:10Can I ask who it is?
20:12The person you've been thinking about?
20:14The memory was so old, it had almost disappeared.
20:17I wasn't even sure anymore if that person had ever been real.
20:21When I was little, my stepmother left me out on the street.
20:24A girl found me and walked me home.
20:27She bought me food.
20:29I only remember she was from New York.
20:31I don't remember what she looked like.
20:32It was the first time anyone had ever been kind to me for no reason.
20:36I've wanted to find her ever since.
20:37Honestly, Quinn, I almost gave in so many times.
20:41I love being here, but I've been left behind too many times.
20:45If I know someone doesn't belong to me, I won't let myself start depending on them.
20:50As I spoke, something changed in Quinn's eyes.
20:55Ethan, how do you know the person I love isn't you?
20:58There was a little boy on the street one afternoon who offered to marry me in exchange for a meal.
21:03I haven't forgotten him.
21:05It hit me like a current through water.
21:08The person I had searched for my entire life was right here.
21:12The joy came all at once.
21:13Too big, too sudden.
21:15It made my head spin.
21:16I didn't even notice her lips on mine until they already were.
21:20The heat between us grew.
21:21And somewhere along the way, without a single clear moment, everything else just fell away.
21:27My first love had always been my person.
21:30Tears came before I even realized it.
21:33She held me carefully, watching my face.
21:36Trust me with this.
21:37Lean on me from now on.
21:40That was everything I had left to give.
21:43The Quinn family hosted a gala.
21:45The Chase family and the Holt family both came to New York for it.
21:49The Holt family butler showed up at the Quinn estate.
21:51He found me in the front room, doing nothing in particular.
21:54He hadn't changed.
21:55Same air of casual authority.
21:57Same look that said I was an inconvenience to be managed.
22:01The ninth young master.
22:02Your father would like to see you.
22:04With Quinn behind me, the permanent exhaustion that had lived behind my eyes had finally started to lift.
22:14You think getting married made you something?
22:16Don't forget who fed you when you were small.
22:18Interesting.
22:19A butler walks into my home and puts his hands on my husband?
22:22Quinn's voice was winter.
22:24My hand found her waist.
22:25If the Holt family wants a meeting, they submit a formal request.
22:28A butler showing up to collect someone is an insult to this household.
22:31To who exactly?
22:31That butler left the Quinn estate that evening with two broken legs,
22:35deposited in front of the Holt's hotel in a way that left no room for interpretation.
22:40The Holt family finally understood what kind of family I'd married into.
22:43The night of the gala, the hotel became the most exclusive room in the city.
22:48Hundreds of security personnel at the door alone.
22:52He quickly realised that every person in the room was heading directly to Quinn's side.
23:00I hope the Quinn family finds my son satisfactory.
23:04The room went quiet and looked at my father.
23:07He'd assumed his reputation as a casino mogul carried weight everywhere.
23:11The faces around him were politely blank.
23:13No one had the faintest idea who he was.
23:16My stepmother turned to me.
23:17Your parents are right here and you can't even come say hello?
23:21You never call, you never write.
23:23People would think we raised you with no manners at all.
23:26The message was clear.
23:28These people were not welcome here.
23:30The Holt family's money came from casinos.
23:32Expanding internationally required legitimacy.
23:35And the legitimate companies my father owned had, recently, been quietly acquired by a small firm no one had heard
23:41of.
23:42By the time anyone noticed, the leverage was gone.
23:45That was when he remembered he had a son in New York.
23:47If my father had even a shred of humility, maybe something could have been saved.
23:52But a lifetime of flattery had made him blind to everything.
23:56The Holt family left the gala with nothing.
23:58My stepmother spent the entire evening making cutting remarks, hinting that I had stolen my brother's chance to be here.
24:05In the end, she isolated herself from the entire room.
24:08I stepped out of the ballroom, just to breathe.
24:11Whatever happened to this person you cared about?
24:13You wouldn't come home for me, but you had no trouble changing your tune once you got here?
24:17Charlotte.
24:17It had been a long time since I'd seen her.
24:19She had changed, become harder.
24:21Her gaze fixed on the pin on my lapel, like it had offended her personally.
24:25Charlotte, I'm grateful for everything you did for me over the years.
24:29But you were the one who didn't choose me.
24:31You don't get to be bitter about where I ended up.
24:33The person I care about is right here.
24:35The contentment in my voice, unguarded, real, struck her like a blow.
24:39What about everything between us?
24:41All those years, I always wanted to marry you.
24:44And Tyler?
24:44Wasn't he the one you chose at the gala?
24:46The whole city watched.
24:47Every camera in the room was on you.
24:49At the gala, the whole city watched.
24:51Every camera was on you.
24:52The Chase family had refused to recognize a scholarship student as their heirs' partner.
24:57But the footage still existed.
24:59Every tabloid had run it.
25:01Tyler had started presenting himself as the future head of the Chase family.
25:05He became a joke.
25:06The Chase family had been cleaning up the mess ever since.
25:09And Tyler had disappeared.
25:11No, I don't miss him.
25:16My own creation turning on me.
25:19I should have seen it coming.
25:21The mistake I'll regret longest is letting you go.
25:23You used the time to build enough to come back and take everything.
25:26She had figured it out.
25:28The ability is there.
25:30You're the best of his children.
25:32Without question.
25:36What a waste that you're illegitimate.
25:38What a waste that you're illegitimate.
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